TEACHING AT LYCEE PRIVE RODOLPHE TÖPFFER :     

• The Lycée privé Rodolphe Töpffer, founded in 1954, is a cosmopolitan school that welcomes students from the age of 9 in EXTERNAT and INTERNAT (with or without weekends). With our 200 students, our experienced and available teachers, we form a dynamic and motivated team.

• Familial and personalized supervision enables us to provide students with individualized support based on their current needs and future plans.

• LYCEE OBJECTIVES : The Lycée Rodolphe Töpffer prepares students :

-  for entry to the Geneva orientation cycle

-  on entry to collège de Genève, engineering school, art schools, business school,...

-  on entry to French collège and lycée

-  to the French Baccalauréat : "Scientific", "Economic and Social" and "Literary" series, diplomas allowing access to all Swiss and foreign universities

-  language diplomas: Cambridge, TOEFL, IELTS, Goethe-Institut, DELE,...

Dynamic and demanding, the Lycée Rodolphe Töpffer is committed to providing, through quality supervision and a serious and comprehensive study program, instruction and good working methods that contribute to the student's fulfillment and academic success.

• PRIMARY LEVEL:

Official Geneva (7th and 8th primary) and French (CMI and CMII) curricula with English and German instruction.

• SECONDARY LEVEL 1st CYCLE :

Official Geneva (9th, 10th and 11th Cycle d'Orientation) and French (6th, 5th and 4th Collège Français) curricula, with English and German taught to all classes, Spanish and Italian from 11th Geneva or 4th French.

• SECONDARY LEVEL 2ème CYCLE:

French official curricula (Troisième, Seconde, Première and Terminale of the French lycée) giving access to universities or other grandes écoles : preparation for the Baccalauréats, séries Scientifique, Economique et Sociale and Littéraire (language or artistic options).

• SCHOOL SCHOOLS : French, German, English, Spanish, Italian, Latin, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography, philosophy, economics, computer science, plastic arts, physical and sports education. The school has special equipment for teaching physics, chemistry and natural sciences. Classrooms are equipped with video projectors and interactive whiteboards. The computer room is regularly upgraded with modern equipment and also functions as a language laboratory. A library is also available to students.

• OPTIONAL ARTS COURSESare also offered, in addition to the usual : fine arts and crafts, academic drawing, art history, drama and music education. Geneva being a city widely open to culture international, we make the most of all the possibilities offered :
  conferences, visits, exhibitions, theaters, concerts, cinema...

• ENGLISH CLASSES FOR ANGLOPHONE: courses for perfecting and practicing the English language.

• OPTIONAL CHINESE COURSES: introductory, advanced or preparation courses for the Chinese option of the baccalauréat. (Other languages are optional on request).

• Daily SUPERVISORY STUDIES as well as FRIDAY APPUIS hours are included in the tuition fee.

• SPORTS ACTIVITIES : As study goes hand in hand with a good physical balance, a large place is given to the practice of sports (traditional sports, skiing, mountain hiking, climbing, circus, swimming, ice rink...).
• EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: robotics workshop, cooking classes, study trips...
• FOR TERMINALE S: optional preparatory courses for higher scientific studies.

• The GOÛTERS and REPAS are prepared by the lycée's cook and are served upon registration.

• IN JULY : SUMMER COURSES for French and non-French speakers : remedial (French, math), intensive languages (French, German and English) with numerous sports and cultural activities.

CALENDAR : The school year starts at the beginning of September and ends at the end of June.

Holidays : October : 1 week ; Christmas : 2 and a half weeks ; February : 1 week  Easter : 2 weeks.

Congés : Jeûne Genevois (1 day)  1er mai (1 day)  Ascension (2 days)  Pentecost (1 day).

School hours classes : 8:15am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (Wednesday afternoons with options up to 3ème).

PEDAGOGY AT LYCEE PRIVE RODOLPHE TÖPFFER :

The Lycée privé Rodolphe Töpffer places great importance on the individual balance of the child through in-depth studies and numerous cultural and sporting activities.

Developing moral qualities, a sense of solidarity and responsibility, establishing a climate of trust between students and teachers, and valuing their work and efforts are among the priorities of the management and teaching staff and are inseparable from academic success.

• Personalized, high-quality teaching is provided by competent, experienced and motivated teachers, chosen for their pedagogical sense and psychology.
• Teachers' wide availability, regular assessments and online tracking of homework and grades ensure effective collaboration between parents, teachers and students.
• Daily studies for all classes are supervised by teachers and aim to help students and relieve them of homework. These study hours are integrated into a continuous timetable.
• High requirements implement both :

     - memory and inventiveness,

     - reasoning and imagination,

     - concentration and learning independence,

     - respect for rules and initiative.

• OUR SCHOOL IN THE SPIRIT OF RODOLPHE TÖPFFER: Rodolphe Töpffer (1799 - 1846), a renowned Geneva writer and artist, was also a schoolmaster whose spirit matches our convictions :

Traditional, structured teaching in a friendly, family-like setting that provides personalized support for each student based on his or her current needs and future. He attached as much importance to the academic progress of each of his pupils as he did to their personal development through a taste for observation, a critical and above all curious eye for all things, the practice of the arts (drawing, painting, theater, music...) and extra-curricular sporting activities (mountain hikes...).

When the pedagogue was a pedagogue, he was also a teacher.

When humanist pedagogue Joseph Gabioud père founded his school in 1954, he named it after the illustrious Genevan Rodolphe Töpffer.

Currently consolidated and recognized through multiple ongoing pedagogical, structural and technological improvements, the Lycée Rodolphe Töpffer is run by Monsieur Joseph Gabioud fils.

"Nothing so common as methods, nothing so rare as conscience."  

Rodolphe Töpffer

Open-mindedness is a priority : not to be confined by a rigid method, but instead to  continuously follow the pace of each student's progress in a personalized way.

"To love school today is to love life tomorrow."   

Rodolphe Töpffer

Through the learning of academic and individual responsibility, our aim is for each student to thrive in a group, with respect for those around them, and take an interest in a thorough general culture.

• ADMISSION:   One of the essential elements for a child's emulation and academic success is to be in a class whose pupils possess a homogeneous level of knowledge. In order to ensure this level match at the time of enrolment, we study the latest school report or administer a pre-admission test if deemed necessary.

As a matter of fact, the Lycée privé Rodolphe Töpffer is not intended to provide remedial education for students with academic difficulties. Far from being considered a selection, these admission requirements are a guarantee of happy assimilation to the class and easier access to academic success.

Virtual tour of the Lycée: HERE